Re: Favourite modules March 2004

[castaway]

Favourite/Most used modules currently:
(no particular order)

• DBI - databases++
• DBD::SQLite - best little db around
• DBI::Shell - instant dbi
• Time::ParseDate - favourite date/time parser
• XML::LibXML - everything XML
• Storable - when no DBs are in sight..

Used but not much re-used:

• MailTools - everything mailish
• Class::DBI - abstract SQL/DB stuff
• Net::OSCAR - DIY AIM/ICQ client
• Term::Screen - term i/o
• HTML::Tree - HTML parsing

New kids on the block:

• Data::Dump::Streamer - compacter output than Data::Dumper
• Geo::IP::PurePerl - where is that IP?

Looked cool but failed to install itself+dependencies:
CPANPLUS

Module list courtesy of: perl -MExtUtils::Installed -le'print join("\n", ExtUtils::Installed->new->modules)' (only been using this machine since December)

im2 uses a whole bunch daily, including 5 date/time modules, damn I wish there was one that "did it all".

C.

[phenom]

I don't have a Top 10 List prepared, but I've been playing with File::Scan lately. I primarily use Linux - but when people send me viruses I like to see if this module can catch it. Most times it does, or at least labels them as "suspicious".